Title When physics became king / Iwan Rhys Morus.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.
Contents	List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Queen of the sciences -- 2. A revolutionary science -- 3. The romance of nature -- 4. The science of showmanship -- 5. The science of work -- 6. Mysterious fluids and forces -- 7. Mapping the heavens -- 8. Places of precision -- 9. Imperial physics -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.
Summary	A cultural history of the development of physics in the 19th century.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Physics -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
	Science.
	Science: Physics.
	SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
	SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
	SCIENCE -- Energy.
	Physics. (OCoLC)fst01063025
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
	Natuurkunde.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Morus, Iwan Rhys, 1964- When physics became king. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005 9780226542010 (DLC) 2004015207 (OCoLC)55846381
ISBN	9780226542003 (electronic bk.)
	0226542009 (electronic bk.)

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